1. Conquest of Peru  News of Cortes’ success gets around  Cortes’ illiterate second cousin Francisco Pizarro becomes very interested  News of Cortes’ success gets around  Cortes’ illiterate second cousin Francisco Pizarro becomes very interested

2. Conquest of Peru  Pizarro and his men head south to look for another rich civilization  Takes roughly 180, a few horses and a cannon to attack the entire Inca Empire  Pizarro and his men head south to look for another rich civilization  Takes roughly 180, a few horses and a cannon to attack the entire Inca Empire

3. Inca Empire  Warrior people  Conquer entire west coast of S. America  Adapt to 2nd highest mountains in the world, the Andes  Warrior people  Conquer entire west coast of S. America  Adapt to 2nd highest mountains in the world, the Andes

6. Inca Empire  Altitude Issues  Most plants die due to lack of oxygen  Solution: Potato  Few animals can for work/food  Solution: Llamas/Alpacas  But they’re not good to eat  Altitude Issues  Most plants die due to lack of oxygen  Solution: Potato  Few animals can for work/food  Solution: Llamas/Alpacas  But they’re not good to eat

8.  So what do they eat?

11. Inca Empire  Never develop a written language  Use quipu  Communication system based on knots in strings  Never develop a written language  Use quipu  Communication system based on knots in strings

13. Inca Empire  Despite lack of writing system or the wheel the Inca still build massive projects

16. Conquest of Peru  When Pizarro and the Spanish show up the Inca had already been weakened by smallpox and a civil war (The War of the Two Brothers)  Atahualpa was the winning brother and new emperor of the Inca  When Pizarro and the Spanish show up the Inca had already been weakened by smallpox and a civil war (The War of the Two Brothers)  Atahualpa was the winning brother and new emperor of the Inca

17. Conquest of Peru  Pizarro shows up on the day that Atahualpa defeats his brother  Atahualpa went out to investigate the white fellows  Pizarro shows up on the day that Atahualpa defeats his brother  Atahualpa went out to investigate the white fellows

18. Conquest of Peru  Atahualpa and Pizarro met at Cajamarca  Spanish ambush the Inca (kill many and the rest flee)  Atahualpa captured  Atahualpa and Pizarro met at Cajamarca  Spanish ambush the Inca (kill many and the rest flee)  Atahualpa captured

19. Conquest of Peru  Pizarro ransoms Atahualpa back to the Inca  After the ransom was paid Pizarro strangled him  War rages on for many years but Spanish win eventually  Pizarro ransoms Atahualpa back to the Inca  After the ransom was paid Pizarro strangled him  War rages on for many years but Spanish win eventually